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How to Order Glasses Online in 5 Easy Steps

By Jay Shergill Posted on February 26, 2009 Posted in Author, Business, Marketing, Not Workers Compensation, Technobabble No Comments Tagged with base curvature, Business Day, cheap glasses, cheap online glasses, cheap prescription glasses, Choices, Current, Curvature, Customer Service, E Mail, Eye Doctor, Eye Prescription, Glasses Frames, glasses online, globaleyeglasses coupon, globaleyeglasses review, goggle4u review, goggles4u coupon, Measurement, Metric Ruler, Millimeters, online glasses, online prescription glasses, Pairs, Prescription Glasses, Prescriptions, Pupilary Distance, Pupillary Distance, Pupils

No matter which website you order glasses from online, I would suggest the following five steps: ((Photo courtesy of Morningstar Lee))

Get your prescription. When getting your eye prescription, being sure to have your physician provide your “Pupillary Distance.” ((The “Pupilary Distance” is the distance between your two pupils, measured in millimeters.)) I’ve put together a chart at the bottom you can take with you to the doctor’s office.
Measure your glasses. Measure your current glasses using a metric ruler. The most important measurement is going to be “Temple Width.” The “Temple Width” is the overall front width of your glasses.
Choose frames. On the website of your choice, narrow down the available glasses by the “Temple Width.” From there you can narrow down the available choices.
Wait. Both of the websites I ordered glasses from took about two weeks to get the glasses to me.
Double check. Take your new glasses back to your eye doctor. They will have a machine that can check the prescriptions on the lenses.

	SPH (Sphere)	CYL (Cylinder)	AXIS	ADD (Addition)
O.D. (Right)
O.S. (Left)
Pupillary Distance	mm
Temple Width	mm

Coupon Codes:

I tried GlobalEyeglasses.com and used the coupon code “glassyeyes” for 10% off.
I also tried Goggles4U.com and used the coupon code “glassyeyes” for 5% off. (I have no idea why they both use the same coupon code…)

Yesterday I had my doctor’s test out all four pairs of my glasses. Tune in next time for the reviews of GlobalEyeglasses.com and Goggles4U.com!

Cheap Online Glasses – Received!

By Jay Shergill Posted on January 26, 2009 Posted in Author, Business, Not Workers Compensation No Comments Tagged with cheap glasses, cheap prescription glasses, Customer Service, Eye Doc, Frames And Lenses, Funky Pair, Morningstar, online glasses, Optomologist, Pairs, Prescription Lenses, sunglasses, Tinted Glasses, Transition Lenses

As I mentioned about two weeks ago, I had ordered some glasses online through two different retailers. ((Photo courtesy of Morningstar Lee)) At an average of $20.00 a pair, it was hard not to get carried away.

One pair of glasses had “polychromatic” lenses and cost about $35.00. The other three pairs included a regular pair of glasses, a pair of tinted glasses for use as sunglasses, and a funky pair since they were totally free free (complete with frames and prescription lenses!?!?!)

I ordered from two different retailers because (1) $35.00 for those “transition” lenses aka “polychromatic” lenses was too good to pass up and (2) so I could compare the customer service and quality of the two companies.

Service through one company was a little better than the other. However, I’m not qualified to judge quality. Although I’m very happy with the look of these frames and lenses, I’d feel a lot better if I took them to my optomologist to be sure.

That said, I’m going to postpone an in-depth review until I see my eye-doc. When I post the review I’ll include a few tips for ordering glasses online. ((You know, from my vast experience.))

Cheap Online Glasses?

By Jay Shergill Posted on January 12, 2009 Posted in Business, Marketing, Not Workers Compensation No Comments Tagged with Cheap Eyeglasses, cheap glasses, cheap prescription glasses, Funky Glasses, Job, online glasses, Online Retailers, Pairs, sunglasses

I’ve already said I’m a big fan of NPR. A few weeks ago they ran a story about the “Best-Kept Online Secret: Cheap Eyeglasses.” The author, tired of paying hundreds of dollars for glasses, tried out a few different online glasses retailers. ((Photo courtesy of Morningstar Lee))

This weekend I ordered glasses from two different websites. (I’m going to hold off mentioning which ones for now. I’ll wait to find out what kind of a job they do.)

I ordered four pairs of glasses for much less than what a single pair used to cost me. If all goes well, I’ll be getting one pair of sunglasses, one pair of color changing glasses, one pair that looks almost identical to the ones I wear now, and one pair of funky glasses (this was the free one).

The trade-off is that the glasses will take about two weeks.

See you in two weeks! ((Ha ha!))

Dell Customer Service!!!

By Jay Shergill Posted on January 9, 2009 Posted in Business, Laptop, Technobabble 2 Comments Tagged with Corporate Customer, Customer Service Experience, Dell Customer, Dell Customers, Dell Inc, Dell Laptop, Dell Xps, Dell Xps M1210, E Mail, Integrated Graphics, Motherboard, Next Computer, Nvidia, Nvidia Graphics Card, Technical Emergency, Warranty

Dell’s customer service has been my single greatest customer service experience with any product, ever.

Let me break it down for you:

My computer, a Dell XPS m1210 was out of warranty. ((It died within 1 year after my warranty expired, but by the time I talked to Dell it was more than a year out of warranty.))
It had a bad nVidia graphics card.
I wrote one e-mail to Dell’s Chief Blogger, Lionel Menchaca, stating the nature of my technical emergency. ((It was a very simple and short e-mail, so it took me forever to write.))
He told me someone was going to contact me.
Less than 24 hours later someone from Dell’s corporate customer service called me to tell me they were going to replace my entire motherboard. ((The only way to fix a bad integrated graphics card.))
Less than 24 hours later I got a call from their local technician – James. He came to my home that very evening and swapped out my motherboard. ((“Rock on completely, with some brand new components!” – CAKE))

Here’s Lionel’s e-mail to me from just after midnight this morning:

“Jay:

That’s great news. I’m really glad to see it all worked out smoothly. I appreciate you being a loyal Dell customer. Feel free to tell any other Dell customers how to contact me directly if they need some assistance.

It’s customer’s like you that make this the best job I’ve ever had.

Sincerely,

Lionel Menchaca

Chief Blogger, Dell Inc.

www.dell.com/blogs

e-mail: lionel_menchaca@dell.com

Twitter: twitter.com/LionelatDell

phone: 512.728.8685″

If you’ve got an issue with your Dell, get a hold of Lionel directly. He’s an incredible guy working for an incredible company. Lionel and Dell took care of me. This Dell XPS m1210 is my third Dell laptop, and my next computer will absolutely be a Dell too.

Dell Corporate Customer Service – WOW

By Jay Shergill Posted on January 8, 2009 Posted in Business, Laptop No Comments Tagged with Corporate Customer, Customer Service Program, Dell Customer, Dell Service, E Mail, Extended Warranty, Menchaca, New Computer, Nvidia, Nvidia Video Card, Paramount, Repair Warranty, Replacing A Motherboard, Serial Number, Service Tag, Tag Code, Warranty Extension, Xps M1210

I think Dell just made me a customer for life.

I’ve already spent nearly $200 repairing my laptop. After three total repairs ((Two of which were under Paramount Technology’s repair warranty.)), my laptop finally died – again.

Since I had nothing to lose, I sent an e-mail to Dell’s head blogger, Lionel Menchaca about my problem. He was lightning fast in responding to me – asking for my Dell service tag. ((This is a number on a little sticker underneath the laptop. The service tag code is essentially a serial number they use to track your computer when its being repaired or you call for technical support.))

When Dell had lost my prior laptop and replaced it with the XPS m1210 I purchased a warranty extension. I had spent a fair bit of change on that laptop and I was expecting to keep it around a while. However, that extended warranty lapsed a little over a year ago. ((Although, less than a year from when I first started having this problem)) I explained my problem with the bad nVidia video card. He responded telling me that I would be getting a call from someone soon.

Sure enough, less than a day later I received a call from Dell’s corporate customer service program. They told me that as a “gesture of good will” they were going to replace my computer’s motherboard – by sending a technician to me to do the repair.

Replacing a motherboard is so expensive its almost always cheaper to buy a new computer. Offering to repair an out-of-warranty laptop by sending a tech to me to replace the motherboard???

All I can say is WOW.

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How to Order Glasses Online in 5 Easy Steps

Cheap Online Glasses – Received!

Cheap Online Glasses?

Dell Customer Service!!!

Dell Corporate Customer Service – WOW